Man wanted in Grapevine in sexual assaults takes his own life

“After we heard what happened in North Dakota, our case is now closed”

A man wanted in Grapevine on suspicion of sexually assaulting three young boys killed himself in North Dakota on Tuesday when police there tried to arrest him, officials said.

Officers in Minot, N.D., were trying to serve Arthur Naumann, 58, of Grapevine, with a Texas arrest warrant accusing him of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, authorities said.

Minot Police Chief Jeff Balentine told The Associated Press that Naumann went back into a mobile home when officers tried to arrest him. The officers heard a single shot, Balentine said. After a numerous attempts to contact Naumann over five hours, police entered and found him dead with a gunshot wound in the head, Balentine said. Read more